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Bentham and the Arts considers the sceptical challenge presented by Jeremy Bentham's hedonistic utilitarianism to the existence of the aesthetic. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines reflect on the implications of Bentham's radical utilitarian approach for our understanding of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Julius, Anthony, 1956- (Editor), Quinn, Malcolm, 1963- (Editor), Schofield, Philip, 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Bentham, Jeremy, > 1748-1832 > Art.
Bentham, Jeremy, > 1748-1832 > Aesthetics.
Bentham, Jeremy, > 1748-1832.
Bentham, Jeremy > 1748-1832
1800-1899
Utilitarianism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Aesthetics, Modern > 19th century.
Utilitarisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esthétique > 19e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Aesthetics.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Utilitarianism.
Ästhetik
Utilitarismus
Great Britain.
Art.
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Philosophy and sexuality
  • 1. The Epicurean universe of Jeremy Bentham: Taste, beauty and reality
  • 2. Not Kant, but Bentham: On taste
  • 3. 'Envy accompanied with antipathy': Bentham on the psychology of sexual ressentiment
  • Part II. Intellectual history and literature
  • 4. Literature, morals and utility: Bentham, Dumont and de Staël
  • 5. Jeremy Bentham's imagination and the ethics of prose style: Paraphrase, substitution, translation
  • 6. 'Is it true? ... what is the meaning of it?': Bentham, Romanticism and the fictions of reason
  • 7. More Bentham, less Mill
  • Part III. Aesthetics, taste and art
  • 8. Enlightenment unrefined: Bentham's realism and the analysis of beauty
  • 9. Jeremy Bentham's principle of utility and taste: An alternative approach to aesthetics in two stages
  • 10. From pain to pleasure: Panopticon dreams and Pentagon Petal
  • 11. Bentham's image: The corpo-reality check
  • Index

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